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Mystique Photographic Art Ad Design

Kokabella — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:25:06 +0000

My week’s off to a bright and mystical start. It’s amazing what a perfectly smooth cup of coffee will do for a designer!

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quoted Art

Kokabella — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:58:20 +0000

I ran a little contest at the last minute on this piece of art that I created early this morning. Since there wasn’t a winner, I will leave this open to comments for a bit and will randomly choose from someone who leaves a comment with a really interesting quote or phrase. Be sure to leave your email address (which remains private to all but me!).

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Alpha Bird

Kokabella — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:57:04 +0000

My adventure in illustration and design continues. As you may have read in a recent post, I’m taking a little break from photography this month to work on some non-digital designs. I just couldn’t stay away so I created this piece to send out in the mail. Well, next thing I knew, I had 128 new textures created in Illustrator and Photoshop! So much for staying away from digital!

In addition to creating this for the Mail Art 365 challenge, I’ve also created it for the Creative Every Day 2012 challenge. I made several colors in the alpha background that I’ll add to my freebies page soon.

See you tomorrow with another challenge! Stay warm and cuddly. It’s chilly here in Florida!

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Moments That Take Our Breath Away

Kokabella — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:35:47 +0000

My daughter turns three next month and as I write this, she’s sitting here playing a puzzle on my iPhone. We’re snuggled up in bed together keeping warm on this chilly Florida evening.

At this very moment, I’m taking in every single moment with Sophia. She is growing up so fast and right here, right now, I know this is a memory in the making that I’ll love forever. I created this piece of art for a greeting card but I’m going to print it on vintage card stock and send it out in the mail art challenge.

Here’s to wishing you all a warm and toasty night!

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I Love You This Big Watercolor & Video

Kokabella — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:03:08 +0000

I took 30 seconds to dab some watercolors onto an index card {closest thing in reach at that very moment} added some water drops and a piece of word art after hearing Scotty McCreery’s video that’s playing below. Isn’t he a cutie patootie?!

This song reminds me so much of my little girl. I picked her up and danced around the living room singing it to her last night as it played on the tv! We both giggled and laughed so much! Another memory that I will soon not forget.

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Child’s Play: You Are An Artist {Inspiring Video}

Kokabella — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:31:17 +0000

I spent much of my twenties living in some of the most beautiful places where dreams are easy to visualize; Malibu, Paris, London, Manila, Vancouver, Perth {Australia} and a few other spots across the pond. So it’s not really #1 on my bucket list to set off and see the world at the moment. Instead, the number one item on my bucket list is to create with a paint brush and my hands.

If you know me even a little… or a lot, you know I’m a photographic design artist. I shoot photographs and turn them into thought-provoking, inspirational art. However, every fiber in my body yearns to have an easel, toss up a watercolor paper pad, take a brush and paint from my heart. I’ve started doing this a little, but sadly, my toddler puts me to shame without any effort on her part! {We made these popsicle stick flowers with cut out tissue, glued them on page and I enhanced them into a piece of art which is now part of our greeting card line!}.

How fun and liberating it shall be to paint my emotions. Just the very sound of that makes me happy! I wanted to a video with you all: “Child’s Play Workshop” with Alma Stoller on Vimeo. It’s fun and whimsical. It provokes so much fun and creativity…

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